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Gao P, Tambe M, Chen CZ, Huang W, Tawa GJ, Hirschhorn T, Stockwell BR, Zheng W, Shen M. Identification of Potent ADCK3 Inhibitors through Structure-Based Virtual Screening. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:6072-6080. [PMID: 39025788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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ADCK3 is a member of the UbiB family of atypical protein kinases in humans, with homologues in archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. In lieu of protein kinase activity, ADCK3 plays a role in the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), and inactivating mutations can cause a CoQ10 deficiency and ataxia. However, the exact functions of ADCK3 are still unclear, and small-molecule inhibitors could be useful as chemical probes to elucidate its molecular mechanisms. In this study, we applied structure-based virtual screening (VS) to discover a novel chemical series of ADCK3 inhibitors. Through extensive structural analysis of the active-site residues, we developed a pharmacophore model and applied it to a large-scale VS. Out of ∼170,000 compounds virtually screened, 800 top-ranking candidate compounds were selected and tested in both ADCK3 and p38 biochemical assays for hit validation. In total, 129 compounds were confirmed as ADCK3 inhibitors, and among them, 114 compounds are selective against p38, which was used as a counter-target. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were then conducted to predict the binding modes of the most potent compounds within the ADCK3 active site. Through metadynamics analysis, we successfully detected the key amino acid residues that govern intermolecular interactions. The findings provided in this study can serve as a promising starting point for drug development.
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- Peng Gao
- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street MC 4846, 1208 Northwest Corner Building, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street MC 4846, 1208 Northwest Corner Building, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Therapeutics Development Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Early Translation Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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Morales PN, Coons AN, Koopman AJ, Patel S, Chase PB, Parvatiyar MS, Pinto JR. Post-translational modifications of vertebrate striated muscle myosin heavy chains. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024. [PMID: 38587113 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) play a crucial role in regulating the function of many sarcomeric proteins, including myosin. Myosins comprise a family of motor proteins that play fundamental roles in cell motility in general and muscle contraction in particular. A myosin molecule consists of two myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) and two pairs of myosin light chains (MLCs); two MLCs are associated with the neck region of each MyHC's N-terminal head domain, while the two MyHC C-terminal tails form a coiled-coil that polymerizes with other MyHCs to form the thick filament backbone. Myosin undergoes extensive PTMs, and dysregulation of these PTMs may lead to abnormal muscle function and contribute to the development of myopathies and cardiovascular disorders. Recent studies have uncovered the significance of PTMs in regulating MyHC function and showed how these PTMs may provide additional modulation of contractile processes. Here, we discuss MyHC PTMs that have been biochemically and/or functionally studied in mammals' and rodents' striated muscle. We have identified hotspots or specific regions in three isoforms of myosin (MYH2, MYH6, and MYH7) where the prevalence of PTMs is more frequent and could potentially play a significant role in fine-tuning the activity of these proteins.
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- Paula Nieto Morales
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Health, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Health, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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Roessner R, Michelarakis N, Gräter F, Aponte-Santamaría C. Mechanical forces control the valency of the malaria adhesin VAR2CSA by exposing cryptic glycan binding sites. PLoS Comput Biol 2023; 19:e1011726. [PMID: 38117828 PMCID: PMC10786402 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023] Open
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Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is responsible for the most lethal form of malaria. VAR2CSA is an adhesin protein expressed by this parasite at the membrane of infected erythrocytes for attachment to the placenta, leading to pregnancy-associated malaria. VAR2CSA is a large 355 kDa multidomain protein composed of nine extracellular domains, a transmembrane helix, and an intracellular domain. VAR2CSA binds to Chondroitin Sulphate A (CSA) of the proteoglycan matrix of the placenta. Shear flow, as the one occurring in blood, has been shown to enhance the (VAR2CSA-mediated) adhesion of Pf-infected erythrocytes on the CSA-matrix. However, the underlying molecular mechanism governing this enhancement has remained elusive. Here, we address this question by using equilibrium, force-probe, and docking-based molecular dynamics simulations. We subjected the VAR2CSA protein-CSA sugar complex to a force mimicking the tensile force exerted on this system due to the shear of the flowing blood. We show that upon this force exertion, VAR2CSA undergoes a large opening conformational transition before the CSA sugar chain dissociates from its main binding site. This preferential order of events is caused by the orientation of the molecule during elongation, as well as the strong electrostatic attraction of the sugar to the main protein binding site. Upon opening, two additional cryptic CSA binding sites get exposed and a functional dodecameric CSA molecule can be stably accommodated at these force-exposed positions. Thus, our results suggest that mechanical forces increase the avidity of VAR2CSA by turning it from a monovalent to a multivalent state. We propose this to be the molecular cause of the observed shear-enhanced adherence. Mechanical control of the valency of VAR2CSA is an intriguing hypothesis that can be tested experimentally and which is of relevance for the understanding of the malaria infection and for the development of anti placental-malaria vaccines targeting VAR2CSA.
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- Rita Roessner
- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Chathoth NE, Nair AG, Anjukandi P. Multifaceted folding-unfolding landscape of the TrpZip2 β-hairpin and the role of external sub-piconewton mechanical tensions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:11093-11101. [PMID: 36938693 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05770k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
Abstract
Proteins can experience uneven tensions of the order of tens of piconewtons when exposed to different solvent environment due to the thermal motion of the solvent. It is also true that biomolecules, especially proteins, are subjected to a variety of mechanical tensions generated by several factors, including mechanically assisted translocation and pressure gradients within living systems. Here, we use metadynamics simulations to revisit the folding-unfolding of the TrpZip2 β-hairpin and redefine it from the perspective of an external force of a sub-piconewton magnitude acting on the ends of the hairpin. The chosen forces, while preserving the morphology of the β-hairpin chain when it is pulled, are capable of influencing the conformational behavior of the chain during folding and unfolding. Our investigations confirm that the TrpZip2 β-hairpin exhibits a zipper (zip-out) mechanism for folding-unfolding in both mechanically unbiased and biased (with a 30 pN end force) situations. However, it is important to note that they present marked differences in their folding and unfolding paths, with the mechanically biased system capable of becoming trapped in various intermediate states. Both unbiased and biased scenarios of the hairpin indicate that the hairpin turn is highly stable during the folding-unfolding event and initiates folding. More importantly we confirm that the existing heterogeneity in the TrpZip2 β-hairpin folding-unfolding is a consequence of the wide range of conformations observed, owing to the different trapped intermediates caused by the uneven forces it may experience in solution.
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- Nayana Edavan Chathoth
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad-678557, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad-678557, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad-678557, Kerala, India.
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Loreau V, Rees R, Chan EH, Taxer W, Gregor K, Mußil B, Pitaval C, Luis NM, Mangeol P, Schnorrer F, Görlich D. A nanobody toolbox to investigate localisation and dynamics of Drosophila titins and other key sarcomeric proteins. eLife 2023; 12:79343. [PMID: 36645120 PMCID: PMC9886281 DOI: 10.7554/elife.79343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Measuring the positions and dynamics of proteins in intact tissues or whole animals is key to understanding protein function. However, to date, this is challenging, as the accessibility of large antibodies to dense tissues is often limited, and fluorescent proteins inserted close to a domain of interest may affect protein function. These complications apply in particular to muscle sarcomeres, arguably one of the most protein-dense assemblies in nature, which complicates studying sarcomere morphogenesis at molecular resolution. Here, we introduce a toolbox of nanobodies recognising various domains of the two Drosophila titin homologs, Sallimus and Projectin, as well as the key sarcomeric proteins Obscurin, α-Actinin, and Zasp52. We verified the superior labelling qualities of our nanobodies in muscle tissue as compared to antibodies. By applying our toolbox to larval muscles, we found a gigantic Sallimus isoform stretching more than 2 µm to bridge the sarcomeric I-band, while Projectin covers almost the entire myosin filaments in a polar orientation. Transgenic expression of tagged nanobodies confirmed their high affinity-binding without affecting target protein function. Finally, adding a degradation signal to anti-Sallimus nanobodies suggested that it is difficult to fully degrade Sallimus in mature sarcomeres; however, expression of these nanobodies caused developmental lethality. These results may inspire the generation of similar toolboxes for other large protein complexes in Drosophila or mammals.
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- Vincent Loreau
- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Department of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesGöttingenGermany
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- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Department of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesGöttingenGermany
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- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Turing Centre for Living Systems, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IDBMMarseilleFrance
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- Department of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesGöttingenGermany
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Beedle AEM, Garcia-Manyes S. The role of single protein elasticity in mechanobiology. NATURE REVIEWS. MATERIALS 2023; 8:10-24. [PMID: 37469679 PMCID: PMC7614781 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-022-00488-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
In addition to biochemical signals and genetic considerations, mechanical forces are rapidly emerging as a master regulator of human physiology. Yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate force-induced functionalities across a wide range of scales, encompassing the cell, tissue or organ levels, are comparatively not so well understood. With the advent, development and refining of single molecule nanomechanical techniques, enabling to exquisitely probe the conformational dynamics of individual proteins under the effect of a calibrated force, we have begun to acquire a comprehensive knowledge on the rich plethora of physicochemical principles that regulate the elasticity of single proteins. Here we review the major advances underpinning our current understanding of how the elasticity of single proteins regulates mechanosensing and mechanotransduction. We discuss the present limitations and future challenges of such a prolific and burgeoning field.
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- Amy EM Beedle
- Department of Physics, Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Centre for the Physical Science of Life and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS London, United Kingdom
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Centre for the Physical Science of Life and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS London, United Kingdom
- Single Molecule Mechanobiology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, London, UK
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Goult BT, von Essen M, Hytönen VP. The mechanical cell - the role of force dependencies in synchronising protein interaction networks. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:283155. [PMID: 36398718 PMCID: PMC9845749 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The role of mechanical signals in the proper functioning of organisms is increasingly recognised, and every cell senses physical forces and responds to them. These forces are generated both from outside the cell or via the sophisticated force-generation machinery of the cell, the cytoskeleton. All regions of the cell are connected via mechanical linkages, enabling the whole cell to function as a mechanical system. In this Review, we define some of the key concepts of how this machinery functions, highlighting the critical requirement for mechanosensory proteins, and conceptualise the coupling of mechanical linkages to mechanochemical switches that enables forces to be converted into biological signals. These mechanical couplings provide a mechanism for how mechanical crosstalk might coordinate the entire cell, its neighbours, extending into whole collections of cells, in tissues and in organs, and ultimately in the coordination and operation of entire organisms. Consequently, many diseases manifest through defects in this machinery, which we map onto schematics of the mechanical linkages within a cell. This mapping approach paves the way for the identification of additional linkages between mechanosignalling pathways and so might identify treatments for diseases, where mechanical connections are affected by mutations or where individual force-regulated components are defective.
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- Benjamin T. Goult
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, Kent, UK,Authors for correspondence (; )
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland,Fimlab Laboratories, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland,Authors for correspondence (; )
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Beaussart A, Canonico F, Mazon H, Hidalgo J, Cianférani S, Le Cordier H, Kriznik A, Rahuel-Clermont S. Probing the mechanism of the peroxiredoxin decamer interaction with its reductase sulfiredoxin from the single molecule to the solution scale. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2022; 7:515-525. [PMID: 35234779 DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00037g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins from the Prx1 subfamily (Prx) are highly regulated multifunctional proteins involved in oxidative stress response, redox signaling and cell protection. Prx is a homodimer that associates into a decamer. The monomer C-terminus plays intricate roles in Prx catalytic functions, decamer stability and interaction with its redox partner, the small reductase sulfiredoxin (Srx), that regulates the switching between Prx cellular functions. As only static structures of covalent Prx-Srx complexes have been reported, whether Srx binding dissociates the decameric assembly and how Prx subunit flexibility impacts complex formation are unknown. Here, we assessed the non-covalent interaction mechanism and dynamics in the solution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srx with the ten subunits of Prx Tsa1 at the decamer level via a combination of multiscale biophysical approaches including native mass spectrometry. We show that the ten subunits of the decamer can be saturated by ten Srx molecules and that the Tsa1 decamer in complex with Srx does not dissociate in solution. Furthermore, the binding events of atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip-grafted Srx molecules to Tsa1 individual subunits were relevant to the interactions between free molecules in solution. Combined with protein engineering and rapid kinetics, the observation of peculiar AFM force-distance signatures revealed that Tsa1 C-terminus flexibility controls Tsa1/Srx two-step binding and dynamics and determines the force-induced dissociation of Srx from each subunit of the decameric complex in a sequential or concerted mode. This combined approach from the solution to the single-molecule level offers promising prospects for understanding oligomeric protein interactions with their partners.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048 CNRS CEA, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, INSERM, UMS2008 IBSLor, Biophysics and Structural Biology core facility, F-54000 Nancy, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, INSERM, UMS2008 IBSLor, Biophysics and Structural Biology core facility, F-54000 Nancy, France.
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Ferenczy GG, Kellermayer M. Contribution of Hydrophobic Interactions to Protein Mechanical Stability. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:1946-1956. [PMID: 35521554 PMCID: PMC9062142 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The role of hydrophobic and polar interactions in providing thermodynamic stability to folded proteins has been intensively studied, but the relative contribution of these interactions to the mechanical stability is less explored. We used steered molecular dynamics simulations with constant-velocity pulling to generate force-extension curves of selected protein domains and monitor hydrophobic surface unravelling upon extension. Hydrophobic contribution was found to vary between one fifth and one third of the total force while the rest of the contribution is attributed primarily to hydrogen bonds. Moreover, hydrophobic force peaks were shifted towards larger protein extensions with respect to the force peaks attributed to hydrogen bonds. The higher importance of hydrogen bonds compared to hydrophobic interactions in providing mechanical resistance is in contrast with the relative importance of the hydrophobic interactions in providing thermodynamic stability of proteins. The different contributions of these interactions to the mechanical stability are explained by the steeper free energy dependence of hydrogen bonds compared to hydrophobic interactions on the relative positions of interacting atoms. Comparative analyses for several protein domains revealed that the variation of hydrophobic forces is modest, while the contribution of hydrogen bonds to the force peaks becomes increasingly important for mechanically resistant protein domains.
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Fu Y, Xiao S, Skallerud BH, Zhang Z, He J. Assembly of Graphene Platelets for Bioinspired, Stimuli-Responsive, Low Ice Adhesion Surfaces. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:10225-10234. [PMID: 35382303 PMCID: PMC8973109 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Design and fabrication of functional materials for anti-icing and deicing attract great attention from both the academic research and industry. Among them, the study of fish-scale-like materials has proved that enabling sequential rupture is an effective approach for weakening the intrinsic interface adhesion. Here, graphene platelets were utilized to construct fish-scale-like surfaces for easy ice detachment. Using a biomimicking arrangement of the graphene platelets, the surfaces were able to alter their structural morphology for the sequential rupture in response to external forces. With different packing densities of graphene platelets, all the surfaces showed universally at least 50% reduction in atomistic tensile ice adhesion strength. Because of the effect of sequential rupture, stronger ice-surface interactions did not lead to an obvious increase in ice adhesion. Interestingly, the high packing density of graphene platelets resulted in stable and reversible surface morphology in cyclic tensile and shearing tests, and subsequently high reproducibility of the sequential rupture mode. The fish-scale-like surfaces built and tested, together with the nanoscale deicing results, provided a close view of ice adhesion mechanics, which can promote future bioinspired, stress-responsive, anti-icing surface designs.
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Neel BL, Nisler CR, Walujkar S, Araya-Secchi R, Sotomayor M. Elastic versus brittle mechanical responses predicted for dimeric cadherin complexes. Biophys J 2022; 121:1013-1028. [PMID: 35151631 PMCID: PMC8943749 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cadherins are a superfamily of adhesion proteins involved in a variety of biological processes that include the formation of intercellular contacts, the maintenance of tissue integrity, and the development of neuronal circuits. These transmembrane proteins are characterized by ectodomains composed of a variable number of extracellular cadherin (EC) repeats that are similar but not identical in sequence and fold. E-cadherin, along with desmoglein and desmocollin proteins, are three classical-type cadherins that have slightly curved ectodomains and engage in homophilic and heterophilic interactions through an exchange of conserved tryptophan residues in their N-terminal EC1 repeat. In contrast, clustered protocadherins are straighter than classical cadherins and interact through an antiparallel homophilic binding interface that involves overlapped EC1 to EC4 repeats. Here we present molecular dynamics simulations that model the adhesive domains of these cadherins using available crystal structures, with systems encompassing up to 2.8 million atoms. Simulations of complete classical cadherin ectodomain dimers predict a two-phased elastic response to force in which these complexes first softly unbend and then stiffen to unbind without unfolding. Simulated α, β, and γ clustered protocadherin homodimers lack a two-phased elastic response, are brittle and stiffer than classical cadherins and exhibit complex unbinding pathways that in some cases involve transient intermediates. We propose that these distinct mechanical responses are important for function, with classical cadherin ectodomains acting as molecular shock absorbers and with stiffer clustered protocadherin ectodomains facilitating overlap that favors binding specificity over mechanical resilience. Overall, our simulations provide insights into the molecular mechanics of single cadherin dimers relevant in the formation of cellular junctions essential for tissue function.
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- Brandon L Neel
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Chemical Physics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Chemical Physics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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Daday C, de Buhr S, Mercadante D, Gräter F. Mechanical force can enhance c-Src kinase activity by impairing autoinhibition. Biophys J 2022; 121:684-691. [PMID: 35120901 PMCID: PMC8943751 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular mechanosensing is pivotal for virtually all biological processes, and many molecular mechano-sensors and their way of function are being uncovered. In this work, we suggest that c-Src kinase acts as a direct mechano-sensor. c-Src is responsible for, among others, cell proliferation, and shows increased activity in stretched cells. In its native state, c-Src has little basal activity, because its kinase domain binds to an SH2 and SH3 domain. However, it is known that c-Src can bind to p130Cas, through which force can be transmitted to the membrane. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that force acting between the membrane-bound N-terminus of the SH3 domain and p130Cas induces partial SH3 unfolding, thereby impeding rebinding of the kinase domain onto SH2/SH3 and effectively enhancing kinase activity. Forces involved in this process are slightly lower or similar to the forces required to pull out c-Src from the membrane through the myristoyl linker, and key interactions involved in this anchoring are salt bridges between negative lipids and nearby basic residues in c-Src. Thus, c-Src appears to be a candidate for an intriguing mechanosensing mechanism of impaired kinase inhibition, which can be potentially tuned by membrane composition and other environmental factors.
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- Csaba Daday
- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Mathematikon, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Ritzmann N, Manioglu S, Hiller S, Müller DJ. Monitoring the antibiotic darobactin modulating the β-barrel assembly factor BamA. Structure 2021; 30:350-359.e3. [PMID: 34875215 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex is an essential component of Escherichia coli that inserts and folds outer membrane proteins (OMPs). The natural antibiotic compound darobactin inhibits BamA, the central unit of BAM. Here, we employ dynamic single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) to better understand the structure-function relationship of BamA and its inhibition by darobactin. The five N-terminal polypeptide transport (POTRA) domains show low mechanical, kinetic, and energetic stabilities. In contrast, the structural region linking the POTRA domains to the transmembrane β-barrel exposes the highest mechanical stiffness and lowest kinetic stability within BamA, thus indicating a mechano-functional role. Within the β-barrel, the four N-terminal β-hairpins H1-H4 expose the highest mechanical stabilities and stiffnesses, while the four C-terminal β-hairpins H5-H6 show lower stabilities and higher flexibilities. This asymmetry within the β-barrel suggests that substrates funneling into the lateral gate formed by β-hairpins H1 and H8 can force the flexible C-terminal β-hairpins to change conformations.
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- Noah Ritzmann
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
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Bogomolovas J, Fleming JR, Franke B, Manso B, Simon B, Gasch A, Markovic M, Brunner T, Knöll R, Chen J, Labeit S, Scheffner M, Peter C, Mayans O. Titin kinase ubiquitination aligns autophagy receptors with mechanical signals in the sarcomere. EMBO Rep 2021; 22:e48018. [PMID: 34402565 PMCID: PMC8490993 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201948018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Striated muscle undergoes remodelling in response to mechanical and physiological stress, but little is known about the integration of such varied signals in the myofibril. The interaction of the elastic kinase region from sarcomeric titin (A168-M1) with the autophagy receptors Nbr1/p62 and MuRF E3 ubiquitin ligases is well suited to link mechanosensing with the trophic response of the myofibril. To investigate the mechanisms of signal cross-talk at this titin node, we elucidated its 3D structure, analysed its response to stretch using steered molecular dynamics simulations and explored its functional relation to MuRF1 and Nbr1/p62 using cellular assays. We found that MuRF1-mediated ubiquitination of titin kinase promotes its scaffolding of Nbr1/p62 and that the process can be dynamically down-regulated by the mechanical unfolding of a linker sequence joining titin kinase with the MuRF1 receptor site in titin. We propose that titin ubiquitination is sensitive to the mechanical state of the sarcomere, the regulation of sarcomere targeting by Nbr1/p62 being a functional outcome. We conclude that MuRF1/Titin Kinase/Nbr1/p62 constitutes a distinct assembly that predictably promotes sarcomere breakdown in inactive muscle.
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- Julius Bogomolovas
- Department of MedicineSchool of MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaCAUSA
- Department of Cognitive and Clinical NeuroscienceCentral Institute of Mental HealthMedical Faculty MannheimHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
- Department of Integrative PathophysiologyMedical Faculty MannheimUniversity of HeidelbergMannheimGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Structural and Computational Biology UnitEMBLHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Integrative PathophysiologyMedical Faculty MannheimUniversity of HeidelbergMannheimGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (ICMC)Heart and Vascular ThemeUniversity Hospital, MedHKarolinska InstitutetHuddingeSweden
- Bioscience, CardiovascularRenal & MetabolismBioPharmaceuticalsR&D, AstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- Department of MedicineSchool of MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaCAUSA
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- Department of Integrative PathophysiologyMedical Faculty MannheimUniversity of HeidelbergMannheimGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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Solís C, Russell B. Striated muscle proteins are regulated both by mechanical deformation and by chemical post-translational modification. Biophys Rev 2021; 13:679-695. [PMID: 34777614 PMCID: PMC8555064 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-021-00835-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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All cells sense force and build their cytoskeleton to optimize function. How is this achieved? Two major systems are involved. The first is that load deforms specific protein structures in a proportional and orientation-dependent manner. The second is post-translational modification of proteins as a consequence of signaling pathway activation. These two processes work together in a complex way so that local subcellular assembly as well as overall cell function are controlled. This review discusses many cell types but focuses on striated muscle. Detailed information is provided on how load deforms the structure of proteins in the focal adhesions and filaments, using α-actinin, vinculin, talin, focal adhesion kinase, LIM domain-containing proteins, filamin, myosin, titin, and telethonin as examples. Second messenger signals arising from external triggers are distributed throughout the cell causing post-translational or chemical modifications of protein structures, with the actin capping protein CapZ and troponin as examples. There are numerous unanswered questions of how mechanical and chemical signals are integrated by muscle proteins to regulate sarcomere structure and function yet to be studied. Therefore, more research is needed to see how external triggers are integrated with local tension generated within the cell. Nonetheless, maintenance of tension in the sarcomere is the essential and dominant mechanism, leading to the well-known phrase in exercise physiology: "use it or lose it."
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- Christopher Solís
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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Porto D, Matsunaga Y, Franke B, Williams RM, Qadota H, Mayans O, Benian GM, Lu H. Conformational changes in twitchin kinase in vivo revealed by FRET imaging of freely moving C. elegans. eLife 2021; 10:e66862. [PMID: 34569929 PMCID: PMC8523150 DOI: 10.7554/elife.66862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The force-induced unfolding and refolding of proteins is speculated to be a key mechanism in the sensing and transduction of mechanical signals in the living cell. Yet, little evidence has been gathered for its existence in vivo. Prominently, stretch-induced unfolding is postulated to be the activation mechanism of the twitchin/titin family of autoinhibited sarcomeric kinases linked to the mechanical stress response of muscle. To test the occurrence of mechanical kinase activation in living working muscle, we generated transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans expressing twitchin containing FRET moieties flanking the kinase domain and developed a quantitative technique for extracting FRET signals in freely moving C. elegans, using tracking and simultaneous imaging of animals in three channels (donor fluorescence, acceptor fluorescence, and transmitted light). Computer vision algorithms were used to extract fluorescence signals and muscle contraction states in each frame, in order to obtain fluorescence and body curvature measurements with spatial and temporal precision in vivo. The data revealed statistically significant periodic changes in FRET signals during muscle activity, consistent with a periodic change in the conformation of twitchin kinase. We conclude that stretch-unfolding of twitchin kinase occurs in the active muscle, whereby mechanical activity titrates the signaling pathway of this cytoskeletal kinase. We anticipate that the methods we have developed here could be applied to obtaining in vivo evidence for force-induced conformational changes or elastic behavior of other proteins not only in C. elegans but in other animals in which there is optical transparency (e.g., zebrafish).
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- Daniel Porto
- Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Program, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Emory UniversityAtlantaUnited States
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- Department of Biology, University of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of Biology, University of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of Pathology, Emory UniversityAtlantaUnited States
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- Department of Biology, University of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of Pathology, Emory UniversityAtlantaUnited States
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- Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Program, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUnited States
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUnited States
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Benedito M, Manca F, Palla PL, Giordano S. Rate-dependent force-extension models for single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments. Phys Biol 2020; 17:056002. [PMID: 32464604 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ab97a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy techniques allow for the measurement of several static and dynamic features of macromolecules of biological origin. In particular, atomic force microscopy, used with a variable pulling rate, provides valuable information on the folding/unfolding dynamics of proteins. We propose here two different models able to describe the out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics of a chain composed of bistable units. These latter represent the protein domains, which can be either folded or unfolded. Both models are based on the Langevin approach and their implementation allows for investigating the effect of the pulling rate and of the device intrinsic elasticity on the chain unfolding response. The theoretical results (both analytical and numerical) have been compared with experimental data concerning the unfolding of the titin and filamin proteins, eventually obtaining a good agreement over a large range of the pulling rates.
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- Manon Benedito
- Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, UMR 8520, Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ISEN, Univ. Valenciennes, LIA LICS/LEMAC, 59000 Lille, France
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Grogan A, Tsakiroglou P, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Double the trouble: giant proteins with dual kinase activity in the heart. Biophys Rev 2020; 12:1019-1029. [PMID: 32638332 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-020-00715-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Obscurin and its homolog, striated muscle preferentially expressed gene (SPEG), constitute a unique group of proteins abundantly expressed in striated muscles that contain two tandemly arranged MLCK-like kinases. The physiological significance of the dual kinase motifs is largely understudied; however, a collection of recent studies characterizing their binding interactions, putative targets, and disease-linked mutations have begun to shed light on their potential roles in muscle pathophysiology. Specifically, obscurin kinase 1 is proposed to regulate cardiomyocyte adhesion via phosphorylating N-cadherin, whereas SPEG kinases 1 and 2 regulate Ca2+ cycling by phosphorylating junctophilin-2 and the sarcoendoplasmic Ca2+ ATPase 2 (SERCA2). Herein, we review what is currently known regarding the potential substrates, physiological roles, and disease associations of obscurin and SPEG tandem kinase domains and provide future directions that have yet to be investigated.
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- Alyssa Grogan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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Schwarzl R, Liese S, Brünig FN, Laudisio F, Netz RR. Force Response of Polypeptide Chains from Water-Explicit MD Simulations. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Richard Schwarzl
- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, 0851 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Holmes JB, Doh CY, Mamidi R, Li J, Stelzer JE. Strategies for targeting the cardiac sarcomere: avenues for novel drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2020; 15:457-469. [PMID: 32067508 PMCID: PMC7065952 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2020.1722637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Introduction: Heart failure remains one of the largest clinical challenges in the United States. Researchers have continually searched for more effective heart failure treatments that target the cardiac sarcomere but have found few successes despite numerous expensive cardiovascular clinical trials. Among many reasons, the high failure rate of cardiovascular clinical trials may be partly due to incomplete characterization of a drug candidate's complex interaction with cardiac physiology.Areas covered: In this review, the authors address the issue of preclinical cardiovascular studies of sarcomere-targeting heart failure therapies. The authors consider inherent tradeoffs made between mechanistic transparency and physiological fidelity for several relevant preclinical techniques at the atomic, molecular, heart muscle fiber, whole heart, and whole-organism levels. Thus, the authors suggest a comprehensive, bottom-up approach to preclinical cardiovascular studies that fosters scientific rigor and hypothesis-driven drug discovery.Expert opinion: In the authors' opinion, the implementation of hypothesis-driven drug discovery practices, such as the bottom-up approach to preclinical cardiovascular studies, will be imperative for the successful development of novel heart failure treatments. However, additional changes to clinical definitions of heart failure and current drug discovery culture must accompany the bottom-up approach to maximize the effectiveness of hypothesis-driven drug discovery.
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- Joshua B Holmes
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Lange S, Pinotsis N, Agarkova I, Ehler E. The M-band: The underestimated part of the sarcomere. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2020; 1867:118440. [PMID: 30738787 PMCID: PMC7023976 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The sarcomere is the basic unit of the myofibrils, which mediate skeletal and cardiac Muscle contraction. Two transverse structures, the Z-disc and the M-band, anchor the thin (actin and associated proteins) and thick (myosin and associated proteins) filaments to the elastic filament system composed of titin. A plethora of proteins are known to be integral or associated proteins of the Z-disc and its structural and signalling role in muscle is better understood, while the molecular constituents of the M-band and its function are less well defined. Evidence discussed here suggests that the M-band is important for managing force imbalances during active muscle contraction. Its molecular composition is fine-tuned, especially as far as the structural linkers encoded by members of the myomesin family are concerned and depends on the specific mechanical characteristics of each particular muscle fibre type. Muscle activity signals from the M-band to the nucleus and affects transcription of sarcomeric genes, especially via serum response factor (SRF). Due to its important role as shock absorber in contracting muscle, the M-band is also more and more recognised as a contributor to muscle disease.
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- Stephan Lange
- Biomedical Research Facility 2, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, Medical Sciences Research Bldg, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0613C, USA; University of Gothenburg, Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- InSphero, Wagistrasse 27, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK; School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, British Heart Foundation Research Excellence Centre, King's College London, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Zou A, Lee S, Li J, Zhou R. Retained Stability of the RNA Structure in DNA Packaging Motor with a Single Mg2+ Ion Bound at the Double Mg-Clamp Structure. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:701-707. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Aodong Zou
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Computational Biological Center, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Computational Biological Center, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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The Novel Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase LmjF.22.0810 from Leishmania major may be Involved in the Resistance to Drugs such as Paromomycin. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9110723. [PMID: 31718000 PMCID: PMC6920834 DOI: 10.3390/biom9110723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The identification and clarification of the mechanisms of action of drugs used against leishmaniasis may improve their administration regimens and prevent the development of resistant strains. Herein, for the first time, we describe the structure of the putatively essential Ser/Thr kinase LmjF.22.0810 from Leishmania major. Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to assess the stability of the kinase model. The analysis of its sequence and structure revealed two druggable sites on the protein. Furthermore, in silico docking of small molecules showed that aminoglycosides preferentially bind to the phosphorylation site of the protein. Given that transgenic LmjF.22.0810-overexpressing parasites displayed less sensitivity to aminoglycosides such as paromomycin, our predicted models support the idea that the mechanism of drug resistance observed in those transgenic parasites is the tight binding of such compounds to LmjF.22.0810 associated with its overexpression. These results may be helpful to understand the complex machinery of drug response in Leishmania.
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Xiao S, Skallerud BH, Wang F, Zhang Z, He J. Enabling sequential rupture for lowering atomistic ice adhesion. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:16262-16269. [PMID: 31454002 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr00104b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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State-of-the-art passive icephobicity relies mainly on static parameters such as surface energy, coating elastic modulus, crack sizes and so on. Low ice adhesion resulting from the dynamic de-icing process, for instance ice detaching modes from substrates, has not yet been explored. In the current study, atomistic modeling and molecular dynamics simulations were employed to identify ice rupture modes as crucial dynamic factors for surface icephobicity. A fish-scale-like icephobic surface prototype enabling low-adhesion sequential rupture of the atomistic interactions at the ice-solid interface was proposed. The novel surface has an intrinsic extended interface rupture pathway, which can lead to a ∼60% reduction in atomistic ice adhesion compared with concurrent ice rupture. This study sheds light on interface mechanical design for surface icephobicity, and could provide solutions for anti-icing, nanoscale tribology and many others. The concept of implementing interfacial rupture modes proposed in this study can also apply to interface design for tailored adhesion mechanics.
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- Senbo Xiao
- Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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Conformational Plasticity of Human Protease-Activated Receptor 1 upon Antagonist- and Agonist-Binding. Structure 2019; 27:1517-1526.e3. [PMID: 31422910 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) show complex relationships between functional states and conformational plasticity that can be qualitatively and quantitatively described by contouring their free energy landscape. However, how ligands modulate the free energy landscape to direct conformation and function of GPCRs is not entirely understood. Here, we employ single-molecule force spectroscopy to parametrize the free energy landscape of the human protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1), and delineate the mechanical, kinetic, and energetic properties of PAR1 being set into different functional states. Whereas in the inactive unliganded state PAR1 adopts mechanically rigid and stiff conformations, upon agonist or antagonist binding the receptor mechanically softens, while increasing its conformational flexibility, and kinetic and energetic stability. By mapping the free energy landscape to the PAR1 structure, we observe key structural regions putting this conformational plasticity into effect. Our insight, complemented with previously acquired knowledge on other GPCRs, outlines a more general framework to understand how GPCRs stabilize certain functional states.
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Understanding Calcium-Mediated Adhesion of Nanomaterials in Reservoir Fluids by Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10763. [PMID: 31341192 PMCID: PMC6656760 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46999-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Interest in nanomaterials for subsurface applications has grown markedly due to their successful application in a variety of disciplines, such as biotechnology and medicine. Nevertheless, nanotechnology application in the petroleum industry presents greater challenges to implementation because of the harsh conditions (i.e. high temperature, high pressure, and high salinity) that exist in the subsurface that far exceed those present in biological applications. The most common subsurface nanomaterial failures include colloidal instability (aggregation) and sticking to mineral surfaces (irreversible retention). We previously reported an atomic force microscopy (AFM) study on the calcium-mediated adhesion of nanomaterials in reservoir fluids (S. L. Eichmann and N. A. Burnham, Sci. Rep. 7, 11613, 2017), where we discovered that the functionalized and bare AFM tips showed mitigated adhesion forces in calcium ion rich fluids. Herein, molecular dynamics reveal the molecular-level details in the AFM experiments. Special attention was given to the carboxylate-functionalized AFM tips because of their prominent ion-specific effects. The simulation results unambiguously demonstrated that in calcium ion rich fluids, the strong carboxylate-calcium ion complexes prevented direct carboxylate-calcite interactions, thus lowering the AFM adhesion forces. We performed the force measurement simulations on five representative calcite crystallographic surfaces and observed that the adhesion forces were about two to three fold higher in the calcium ion deficient fluids compared to the calcium ion rich fluids for all calcite surfaces. Moreover, in calcium ion deficient fluids, the adhesion forces were significantly stronger on the calcite surfaces with higher calcium ion exposures. This indicated that the interactions between the functionalized AFM tips and the calcite surfaces were mainly through carboxylate interactions with the calcium ions on calcite surfaces. Finally, when analyzing the order parameters of the tethered functional groups, we observed significantly different behavior of the alkanethiols depending on the absence or presence of calcium ions. These observations agreed well with AFM experiments and provided new insights for the competing carboxylate/calcite/calcium ion interactions.
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Dowrick JM, Tran K, Loiselle DS, Nielsen PMF, Taberner AJ, Han J, Ward M. The slow force response to stretch: Controversy and contradictions. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2019; 226:e13250. [PMID: 30614655 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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When exposed to an abrupt stretch, cardiac muscle exhibits biphasic active force enhancement. The initial, instantaneous, force enhancement is well explained by the Frank-Starling mechanism. However, the cellular mechanisms associated with the second, slower phase remain contentious. This review explores hypotheses regarding this "slow force response" with the intention of clarifying some apparent contradictions in the literature. The review is partitioned into three sections. The first section considers pathways that modify the intracellular calcium handling to address the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the mechanism underlying the slow force response. The second section focuses on extracellular calcium fluxes and explores the identity and contribution of the stretch-activated, non-specific, cation channels as well as signalling cascades associated with G-protein coupled receptors. The final section introduces promising candidates for the mechanosensor(s) responsible for detecting the stretch perturbation.
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- Jarrah M. Dowrick
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Physiology University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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Rico F, Russek A, González L, Grubmüller H, Scheuring S. Heterogeneous and rate-dependent streptavidin-biotin unbinding revealed by high-speed force spectroscopy and atomistic simulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:6594-6601. [PMID: 30890636 PMCID: PMC6452689 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1816909116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Receptor-ligand interactions are essential for biological function and their binding strength is commonly explained in terms of static lock-and-key models based on molecular complementarity. However, detailed information on the full unbinding pathway is often lacking due, in part, to the static nature of atomic structures and ensemble averaging inherent to bulk biophysics approaches. Here we combine molecular dynamics and high-speed force spectroscopy on the streptavidin-biotin complex to determine the binding strength and unbinding pathways over the widest dynamic range. Experiment and simulation show excellent agreement at overlapping velocities and provided evidence of the unbinding mechanisms. During unbinding, biotin crosses multiple energy barriers and visits various intermediate states far from the binding pocket, while streptavidin undergoes transient induced fits, all varying with loading rate. This multistate process slows down the transition to the unbound state and favors rebinding, thus explaining the long lifetime of the complex. We provide an atomistic, dynamic picture of the unbinding process, replacing a simple two-state picture with one that involves many routes to the lock and rate-dependent induced-fit motions for intermediates, which might be relevant for other receptor-ligand bonds.
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- Felix Rico
- Laboratoire Adhésion et Inflammation (LAI), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, 13009 Marseille, France;
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Electronics, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065;
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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Ross CJ, Atilgan AR, Tastan Bishop Ö, Atilgan C. Unraveling the Motions behind Enterovirus 71 Uncoating. Biophys J 2019; 114:822-838. [PMID: 29490244 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Enterovirus 71 can be a severe pathogen in small children and immunocompromised adults. Virus uncoating is a critical step in the infection of the host cell; however, the mechanisms that control this process remain poorly understood. We applied normal mode analysis and perturbation response scanning to several complexes of the virus capsid and present a coarse-graining approach to analyze the full capsid. We show that our method offers an alternative to expressing the system as a set of rigid blocks and accounts for the interconnection between nodes within each subunit and protein interfaces across the capsid. In our coarse-grained approach, the modes associated with capsid expansion are captured in the first three nondegenerate modes and correspond to the changes observed in structural studies of the virus. We show that the resolution of the analysis may be modified without losing information on the global motions leading to uncoating. Perturbation response scanning revealed that a protomer cannot serve as a functional unit to explain deformations of the capsid. Instead, we define a pentamer as the minimum functional unit to investigate changes within the capsid. From the modal analysis and perturbation response scanning, we locate a hotspot region surrounding the fivefold axis. The range of the effect of these single, hotspot residues extend to 140 Å. The perturbation of internal capsid residues in this region displayed greatest propensity to capsid expansion, thus indicating the significant role that the RNA genome may play in triggering uncoating.
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- Caroline J Ross
- Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sumbul F, Rico F. Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy: Experiments, Analysis, and Simulations. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1886:163-189. [PMID: 30374867 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8894-5_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The mechanical properties of cells and of subcellular components are important to obtain a mechanistic molecular understanding of biological processes. The quantification of mechanical resistance of cells and biomolecules using biophysical methods matured thanks to the development of nanotechnologies such as optical and magnetic tweezers, the biomembrane force probe, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The quantitative nature of force spectroscopy measurements has converted AFM into a valuable tool in biophysics. Force spectroscopy allows the determination of the forces required to unfold protein domains and to disrupt individual receptor/ligand bonds. Molecular simulations as a computational microscope allow investigation of similar biological processes with an atomistic detail. In this chapter, we first provide a step-by-step protocol of force spectroscopy experiments using AFM, including sample preparation, measurements, and analysis and interpretation of the resulting dynamic force spectrum in terms of available theories. Next, we present the background for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations focusing on steered molecular dynamics (SMD) and the importance of bridging computational tools with experimental techniques.
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- Fidan Sumbul
- LAI, Aix-Marseille Université, INSERM UMR_S 1067, CNRS UMR 7333, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille, 13009, France
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- LAI, Aix-Marseille Université, INSERM UMR_S 1067, CNRS UMR 7333, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille, 13009, France.
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De-la-Torre P, Choudhary D, Araya-Secchi R, Narui Y, Sotomayor M. A Mechanically Weak Extracellular Membrane-Adjacent Domain Induces Dimerization of Protocadherin-15. Biophys J 2018; 115:2368-2385. [PMID: 30527337 PMCID: PMC6302040 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The cadherin superfamily of proteins is defined by the presence of extracellular cadherin (EC) "repeats" that engage in protein-protein interactions to mediate cell-cell adhesion, cell signaling, and mechanotransduction. The extracellular domains of nonclassical cadherins often have a large number of EC repeats along with other subdomains of various folds. Protocadherin-15 (PCDH15), a protein component of the inner-ear tip link filament essential for mechanotransduction, has 11 EC repeats and a membrane adjacent domain (MAD12) of atypical fold. Here we report the crystal structure of a pig PCDH15 fragment including EC10, EC11, and MAD12 in a parallel dimeric arrangement. MAD12 has a unique molecular architecture and folds as a ferredoxin-like domain similar to that found in the nucleoporin protein Nup54. Analytical ultracentrifugation experiments along with size-exclusion chromatography coupled to multiangle laser light scattering and small-angle x-ray scattering corroborate the crystallographic dimer and show that MAD12 induces parallel dimerization of PCDH15 near its membrane insertion point. In addition, steered molecular dynamics simulations suggest that MAD12 is mechanically weak and may unfold before tip-link rupture. Sequence analyses and structural modeling predict the existence of similar domains in cadherin-23, protocadherin-24, and the "giant" FAT and CELSR cadherins, indicating that some of them may also exhibit MAD-induced parallel dimerization.
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- Pedro De-la-Torre
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Structural Biophysics, Section for Neutron and X-ray Science, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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Chen Z, Maimaiti R, Zhu C, Cai H, Stern A, Mozdziak P, Ge Y, Ford SP, Nathanielsz PW, Guo W. Z-band and M-band titin splicing and regulation by RNA binding motif 20 in striated muscles. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:9986-9996. [PMID: 30133019 PMCID: PMC6218289 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.27328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Titin (TTN) has multifunctional roles in sarcomere assembly, mechanosignaling transduction, and muscle stiffness. TTN splicing generates variable protein sizes with different functions. Therefore, understanding TTN splicing is important to develop a novel treatment for TTN-based diseases. The I-band TTN splicing regulated by RNA binding motif 20 (RBM20) has been extensively studied. However, the Z- and M-band splicing and regulation remain poorly understood. Herein, we aimed to define the Z- and M-band splicing in striated muscles and determined whether RBM20 regulates the Z- and M-band splicing. We discovered four new Z-band TTN splicing variants, and one of them dominates in mouse, rat, sheep, and human hearts. But only one form can be detected in frog and chicken hearts. In skeletal muscles, three new Z repeats (Zr) were detected, and Zr4 to 6 exclusion dominates in the fast muscles, whereas Zr4 skipping dominates in the slow muscle. No developmental changes were detected in the Z-band. In the M-band, two new variants were discovered with alternative 3' splice site in exon363 (Mex5) and alternative 5' splice site in intron 362. However, only the sheep heart expresses two new variants rather than other species. Skeletal muscles express three M-band variants with altered ratios of Mex5 inclusion to Mex5 exclusion. Finally, we revealed that RBM20 does not regulate the Z- and M-band splicing in the heart, but does in skeletal muscles. Taken together, we characterized the Z- and M-band splicing and provided the first evidence of the role of RBM20 in the Z- and M-band TTN splicing.
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- Zhilong Chen
- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shanxi, China
- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shanxi, China
- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Prestage Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Prestage Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- Department of Chemistry, Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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Thoma J, Sapra KT, Müller DJ. Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Transmembrane β-Barrel Proteins. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2018; 11:375-395. [PMID: 29894225 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061417-010055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) has been widely applied to study the mechanical unfolding and folding of transmembrane proteins. Here, we review the recent progress in characterizing bacterial and human transmembrane β-barrel proteins by SMFS. First, we describe the mechanical unfolding of transmembrane β-barrels, which follows a general mechanism dictated by the sequential unfolding and extraction of individual β-strands and β-hairpins from membranes. Upon force relaxation, the unfolded polypeptide can insert stepwise into the membrane as single β-strands or β-hairpins to fold as the native β-barrel. The refolding can be followed at a high spatial and temporal resolution, showing that small β-barrels are able to fold without assistance, whereas large and complex β-barrels require chaperone cofactors. Applied in the dynamic mode, SMFS can quantify the kinetic and mechanical properties of single β-hairpins and reveal complementary insight into the membrane protein structure and function relationship. We further outline the challenges that SMFS experiments must overcome for a comprehensive understanding of the folding and function of transmembrane β-barrel proteins.
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- Johannes Thoma
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland;
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Spoerri PM, Kato HE, Pfreundschuh M, Mari SA, Serdiuk T, Thoma J, Sapra KT, Zhang C, Kobilka BK, Müller DJ. Structural Properties of the Human Protease-Activated Receptor 1 Changing by a Strong Antagonist. Structure 2018; 26:829-838.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Williams RM, Franke B, Wilkinson M, Fleming JR, Rigden DJ, Benian GM, Eyers PA, Mayans O. Autophosphorylation Is a Mechanism of Inhibition in Twitchin Kinase. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:793-805. [PMID: 29408381 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Titin-like kinases are muscle-specific kinases that regulate mechanical sensing in the sarcomere. Twitchin kinase (TwcK) is the best-characterized member of this family, both structurally and enzymatically. TwcK activity is auto-inhibited by a dual intrasteric mechanism, in which N- and C-terminal tail extensions wrap around the kinase domain, blocking the hinge region, the ATP binding pocket and the peptide substrate binding groove. Physiologically, kinase activation is thought to occur by a stretch-induced displacement of the inhibitory tails from the kinase domain. Here, we now show that TwcK inhibits its catalysis even in the absence of regulatory tails, by undergoing auto-phosphorylation at mechanistically important elements of the kinase fold. Using mass spectrometry, site-directed mutagenesis and catalytic assays on recombinant samples, we identify residues T212, T301, T316 and T401 as primary auto-phosphorylation sites in TwcK in vitro. Taken together, our results suggest that residue T316, located in the peptide substrate binding P+1 loop, is the dominantly regulatory site in TwcK. Based on these findings, we conclude that TwcK is regulated through a triple-inhibitory mechanism consisting of phosphorylation and intrasteric blockage, which is responsive not only to mechanical cues but also to biochemical modulation. This implies that mechanically stretched conformations of TwcK do not necessarily correspond to catalytically active states, as previously postulated. This further suggests a phosphorylation-dependent desensitization of the TwcK-mediated mechanoresponse of the sarcomere in vivo.
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- Rhys M Williams
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
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Wang L, Geist J, Grogan A, Hu LYR, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Thick Filament Protein Network, Functions, and Disease Association. Compr Physiol 2018; 8:631-709. [PMID: 29687901 PMCID: PMC6404781 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c170023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sarcomeres consist of highly ordered arrays of thick myosin and thin actin filaments along with accessory proteins. Thick filaments occupy the center of sarcomeres where they partially overlap with thin filaments. The sliding of thick filaments past thin filaments is a highly regulated process that occurs in an ATP-dependent manner driving muscle contraction. In addition to myosin that makes up the backbone of the thick filament, four other proteins which are intimately bound to the thick filament, myosin binding protein-C, titin, myomesin, and obscurin play important structural and regulatory roles. Consistent with this, mutations in the respective genes have been associated with idiopathic and congenital forms of skeletal and cardiac myopathies. In this review, we aim to summarize our current knowledge on the molecular structure, subcellular localization, interacting partners, function, modulation via posttranslational modifications, and disease involvement of these five major proteins that comprise the thick filament of striated muscle cells. © 2018 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 8:631-709, 2018.
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- Li Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Potts GK, McNally RM, Blanco R, You J, Hebert AS, Westphall MS, Coon JJ, Hornberger TA. A map of the phosphoproteomic alterations that occur after a bout of maximal-intensity contractions. J Physiol 2017; 595:5209-5226. [PMID: 28542873 PMCID: PMC5538225 DOI: 10.1113/jp273904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Mechanical signals play a critical role in the regulation of muscle mass, but the molecules that sense mechanical signals and convert this stimulus into the biochemical events that regulate muscle mass remain ill-defined. Here we report a mass spectrometry-based workflow to study the changes in protein phosphorylation that occur in mouse skeletal muscle 1 h after a bout of electrically evoked maximal-intensity contractions (MICs). Our dataset provides the first comprehensive map of the MIC-regulated phosphoproteome. Using unbiased bioinformatics approaches, we demonstrate that our dataset leads to the identification of many well-known MIC-regulated signalling pathways, as well as to a plethora of novel MIC-regulated events. We expect that our dataset will serve as a fundamentally important resource for muscle biologists, and help to lay the foundation for entirely new hypotheses in the field. ABSTRACT The maintenance of skeletal muscle mass is essential for health and quality of life. It is well recognized that maximal-intensity contractions, such as those which occur during resistance exercise, promote an increase in muscle mass. Yet, the molecules that sense the mechanical information and convert it into the signalling events (e.g. phosphorylation) that drive the increase in muscle mass remain undefined. Here we describe a phosphoproteomics workflow to examine the effects of electrically evoked maximal-intensity contractions (MICs) on protein phosphorylation in mouse skeletal muscle. While a preliminary phosphoproteomics experiment successfully identified a number of MIC-regulated phosphorylation events, a large proportion of these identifications were present on highly abundant myofibrillar proteins. We subsequently incorporated a centrifugation-based fractionation step to deplete the highly abundant myofibrillar proteins and performed a second phosphoproteomics experiment. In total, we identified 5983 unique phosphorylation sites of which 663 were found to be regulated by MIC. GO term enrichment, phosphorylation motif analyses, and kinase-substrate predictions indicated that the MIC-regulated phosphorylation sites were chiefly modified by mTOR, as well as multiple isoforms of the MAPKs and CAMKs. Moreover, a high proportion of the regulated phosphorylation sites were found on proteins that are associated with the Z-disc, with over 74% of the Z-disc proteins experiencing robust changes in phosphorylation. Finally, our analyses revealed that the phosphorylation state of two Z-disc kinases (striated muscle-specific serine/threonine protein kinase and obscurin) was dramatically altered by MIC, and we propose ways these kinases could play a fundamental role in skeletal muscle mechanotransduction.
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- Gregory K. Potts
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- Genome Center of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of Comparative BiosciencesUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of Comparative BiosciencesUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of Comparative BiosciencesUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Genome Center of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- Genome Center of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of Comparative BiosciencesUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
- School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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Baumann F, Bauer MS, Rees M, Alexandrovich A, Gautel M, Pippig DA, Gaub HE. Increasing evidence of mechanical force as a functional regulator in smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28696205 PMCID: PMC5505704 DOI: 10.7554/elife.26473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mechanosensitive proteins are key players in cytoskeletal remodeling, muscle contraction, cell migration and differentiation processes. Smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (smMLCK) is a member of a diverse group of serine/threonine kinases that feature cytoskeletal association. Its catalytic activity is triggered by a conformational change upon Ca2+/calmodulin (Ca2+/CaM) binding. Due to its significant homology with the force-activated titin kinase, smMLCK is suspected to be also regulatable by mechanical stress. In this study, a CaM-independent activation mechanism for smMLCK by mechanical release of the inhibitory elements is investigated via high throughput AFM single-molecule force spectroscopy. The characteristic pattern of transitions between different smMLCK states and their variations in the presence of different substrates and ligands are presented. Interaction between kinase domain and regulatory light chain (RLC) substrate is identified in the absence of CaM, indicating restored substrate-binding capability due to mechanically induced removal of the auto-inhibitory regulatory region. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26473.001
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- Fabian Baumann
- Chair for Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Chair for Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Chair for Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Chair for Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Cruz-Chú ER, Xiao S, Patil SP, Gkagkas K, Gräter F. Organic Filling Mitigates Flaw-Sensitivity of Nanoscale Aragonite. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:260-268. [PMID: 33465925 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Engineering at nanoscale holds the promise of tuning materials with extraordinary properties. However, macroscopic approaches commonly used to predict mechanical properties do not fully apply at nanoscale level. A controversial feature is the presence of nanoflaws in aragonite nacre, as it is expected that flaws would weaken the material, whereas nacre still shows high toughness and rupture strength. Here, we performed molecular dynamics and finite element simulations emulating flaws found in aragonite nacre. Our simulations reveal two regimes for fracture: nacre remains flaw-insensitive only for flaws smaller than 1.2 nm depth, or flaws of a few atoms, whereas larger flaws follow a Griffith-like trend resembling macroscopic fracture. We tested an alternative mechanism for flaw-insensitivity in nacre, and investigated the mechanical effect of organic filling to mitigate fracture. We found that a single nacre protein, perlucin, decreases the stress concentration at the fracture point, producing enhancements of up to 15% in rupture strength. Our study reveals a more comprehensive understanding of mechanical stability at the nanoscale and offers new routes toward hybrid nanomaterials.
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- Eduardo R Cruz-Chú
- Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 33, Zürich 8092, Switzerland.,Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, Heidelberg 69118, Germany
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- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, Heidelberg 69118, Germany.,CAS-MPG Partner Institute and Key Laboratory for Computational Biology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, Heidelberg 69118, Germany.,Institute of General Mechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52062, Germany
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- Advanced Technology Division, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Technical Center, Zaventem 1930, Belgium
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- Molecular Biomechanics Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, Heidelberg 69118, Germany.,Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg INF 368, Germany
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Sarkar R. Native flexibility of structurally homologous proteins: insights from anisotropic network model. BMC BIOPHYSICS 2017; 10:1. [PMID: 28163915 PMCID: PMC5282881 DOI: 10.1186/s13628-017-0034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Single-molecule microscopic experiments can measure the mechanical response of proteins to pulling forces applied externally along different directions (inducing different residue pairs in the proteins by uniaxial tension). This response to external forces away from equilibrium should in principle, correlate with the flexibility or stiffness of proteins in their folded states. Here, a simple topology-based atomistic anisotropic network model (ANM) is shown which captures the protein flexibility as a fundamental property that determines the collective dynamics and hence, the protein conformations in native state. METHODS An all-atom ANM is used to define two measures of protein flexibility in the native state. One measure quantifies overall stiffness of the protein and the other one quantifies protein stiffness along a particular direction which is effectively the mechanical resistance of the protein towards external pulling force exerted along that direction. These measures are sensitive to the protein sequence and yields reliable values through computations of normal modes of the protein. RESULTS ANM at an atomistic level (heavy atoms) explains the experimental (atomic force microscopy) observations viz., different mechanical stability of structurally similar but sequentially distinct proteins which, otherwise were implied to possess similar mechanical properties from analytical/theoretical coarse-grained (backbone only) models. The results are exclusively demonstrated for human fibronectin (FN) protein domains. CONCLUSIONS The topology of interatomic contacts in the folded states of proteins essentially determines the native flexibility. The mechanical differences of topologically similar proteins are captured from a high-resolution (atomic level) ANM at a low computational cost. The relative trend in flexibility of such proteins is reflected in their stability differences that they exhibit while unfolding in atomic force microscopic (AFM) experiments.
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- Ranja Sarkar
- School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067 India
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Araya-Secchi R, Neel BL, Sotomayor M. An elastic element in the protocadherin-15 tip link of the inner ear. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13458. [PMID: 27857071 PMCID: PMC5120219 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Tip link filaments convey force and gate inner-ear hair-cell transduction channels to mediate perception of sound and head movements. Cadherin-23 and protocadherin-15 form tip links through a calcium-dependent interaction of their extracellular domains made of multiple extracellular cadherin (EC) repeats. These repeats are structurally similar, but not identical in sequence, often featuring linkers with conserved calcium-binding sites that confer mechanical strength to them. Here we present the X-ray crystal structures of human protocadherin-15 EC8-EC10 and mouse EC9-EC10, which show an EC8-9 canonical-like calcium-binding linker, and an EC9-10 calcium-free linker that alters the linear arrangement of EC repeats. Molecular dynamics simulations and small-angle X-ray scattering experiments support this non-linear conformation. Simulations also suggest that unbending of EC9-10 confers some elasticity to otherwise rigid tip links. The new structure provides a first view of protocadherin-15's non-canonical EC linkers and suggests how they may function in inner-ear mechanotransduction, with implications for other cadherins.
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- Raul Araya-Secchi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 484 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 484 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 484 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Chen J. Clarifying binding difference of ATP and ADP to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 by using molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Biol Drug Des 2016; 89:548-558. [PMID: 27696674 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Revised: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 is a promising target for designs and development of anticancer drugs. Molecular dynamics simulations and molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann method were applied to study binding difference of ADP and ATP to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2. The results prove that the binding ability of ATP to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 is stronger than that of ADP. Principal component analysis performed by using molecular dynamics trajectories suggests that binding of ADP and ATP to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 change motion directions of two helices α1 and α2. Residue-based free energy decomposition method was adopted to calculate contributions of separate residues to associations of ADP and ATP with extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2. The results show that ADP and ATP produce strong CH-π interactions with five residues Ile29, Val37, Ala50, Leu105, and Leu154. In addition, five hydrogen bonding interactions of ADP and ATP with residues Lys52, Gln103, Asp104, and Met106 also stabilize bindings of ADP and ATP to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2. Overall, the CH-π interactions of ATP with five residues Ile29, Val37, Ala50, Leu105, and Leu154 are stronger than ADP. This study is expected to contribute a significant theoretical hint for designs of anticancer drugs targeting extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2.
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- Jianzhong Chen
- School of Science, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, China
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Ozer G, Valeev EF, Quirk S, Hernandez R. Adaptive Steered Molecular Dynamics of the Long-Distance Unfolding of Neuropeptide Y. J Chem Theory Comput 2015; 6:3026-38. [PMID: 26616767 DOI: 10.1021/ct100320g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been found to adopt two stable conformations in vivo: (1) a monomeric form called the PP-fold in which a polyproline tail is folded onto an α-helix via a β-turn and (2) a dimeric form of the unfolded proteins in which the α-helices interact with each other via side chains. The transition pathway and rates between the two conformations remain unknown and are important to the nature of the binding of the protein. Toward addressing this question, the present work suggests that the unfolding of the PP-fold is too slow to play a role in NPY monomeric binding unless the receptor catalyzes it to do so. Specifically, the dynamics and structural changes of the unfolding of a monomeric NPY protein have been investigated in this work. Temperature accelerated molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at 500 K under constant (N,V,E) conditions suggests a hinge-like unraveling of the tail rather than a random unfolding. The free energetics of the proposed unfolding pathway have been described using an adaptive steered MD (SMD) approach at various temperatures. This approach generalizes the use of Jarzynski's equality through a series of stages that allows for better convergence along nonlinear and long-distance pathways. Results acquired using this approach provide a potential of mean force (PMF) with narrower error bars and are consistent with some of the earlier reports on the qualitative behavior of NPY binding.
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- Gungor Ozer
- Center for Computational and Molecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 30076-2199
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- Center for Computational and Molecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 30076-2199
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- Center for Computational and Molecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 30076-2199
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- Center for Computational and Molecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 30076-2199
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Ray A, Panigrahi S, Bhattacharyya D. A comparison of four different conformations adopted by human telomeric G-quadruplex using computer simulations. Biopolymers 2015; 105:83-99. [PMID: 26448055 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The telomeric G-quadruplexes for their unique structural features are considered as potential anticancer drug targets. These, however, exhibit structural polymorphism as different topology types for the intra-molecular G-quadruplexes from human telomeric G-rich sequences have been reported based on NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. These techniques provide detailed atomic-level information about the molecule but relative conformational stability of the different topologies remains unsolved. Therefore, to understand the conformational preference, we have carried out quantum chemical calculations on G-quartets; used all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations to characterize the four human telomeric G-quadruplex topologies based on its G-tetrad core-types, viz., parallel, anti-parallel, mixed-(3 + 1)-form1 and mixed-(3 + 1)-form2. We have also studied a non-telomeric sequence along with these telomeric forms giving a comparison between the two G-rich forms. The structural properties such as base pairing, stacking geometry and backbone conformations have been analyzed. The quantum calculations indicate that presence of a sodium ion inside the G-tetrad plane or two potassium ions on both sides of the plane give it an overall planarity which is much needed for good stacking to form a helix. MD simulations indicate that capping of the G-tetrad core by the TTA loops keep the terminal guanine bases away from water. The SMD simulations along with equilibrium MD studies indicate that the parallel and non-telomeric forms are comparatively less stable. We could come to the conclusion that the anti-parallel form and also the mixed-(3 + 1)-form1 topology are most likely to represent the major conformation., 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 105: 83-99, 2016.
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- Angana Ray
- Computational Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Computational Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 700064, India
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Guo Q, He Y, Lu HP. Interrogating the activities of conformational deformed enzyme by single-molecule fluorescence-magnetic tweezers microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:13904-9. [PMID: 26512103 PMCID: PMC4653173 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506405112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Characterizing the impact of fluctuating enzyme conformation on enzymatic activity is critical in understanding the structure-function relationship and enzymatic reaction dynamics. Different from studying enzyme conformations under a denaturing condition, it is highly informative to manipulate the conformation of an enzyme under an enzymatic reaction condition while monitoring the real-time enzymatic activity changes simultaneously. By perturbing conformation of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) molecules using our home-developed single-molecule total internal reflection magnetic tweezers, we successfully manipulated the enzymatic conformation and probed the enzymatic activity changes of HRP in a catalyzed H2O2-amplex red reaction. We also observed a significant tolerance of the enzyme activity to the enzyme conformational perturbation. Our results provide a further understanding of the relation between enzyme behavior and enzymatic conformational fluctuation, enzyme-substrate interactions, enzyme-substrate active complex formation, and protein folding-binding interactions.
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- Qing Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
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Zhou J, Aponte-Santamaría C, Sturm S, Bullerjahn JT, Bronowska A, Gräter F. Mechanism of Focal Adhesion Kinase Mechanosensing. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004593. [PMID: 26544178 PMCID: PMC4636223 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mechanosensing at focal adhesions regulates vital cellular processes. Here, we present results from molecular dynamics (MD) and mechano-biochemical network simulations that suggest a direct role of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) as a mechano-sensor. Tensile forces, propagating from the membrane through the PIP2 binding site of the FERM domain and from the cytoskeleton-anchored FAT domain, activate FAK by unlocking its central phosphorylation site (Tyr576/577) from the autoinhibitory FERM domain. Varying loading rates, pulling directions, and membrane PIP2 concentrations corroborate the specific opening of the FERM-kinase domain interface, due to its remarkably lower mechanical stability compared to the individual alpha-helical domains and the PIP2-FERM link. Analyzing downstream signaling networks provides further evidence for an intrinsic mechano-signaling role of FAK in broadcasting force signals through Ras to the nucleus. This distinguishes FAK from hitherto identified focal adhesion mechano-responsive molecules, allowing a new interpretation of cell stretching experiments. Focal adhesions integrate external mechanical signals into biochemical circuits allowing cellular mechanosensing. Although the zoo of mechanosensing proteins at focal adhesions is steadily growing, force-induced enzymatic mechanisms, as those uncovered for autoinhibited kinases in muscle, remain to be identified for focal adhesion downstream signaling. Here, we provide evidence that focal adhesion kinase (FAK) can act as a direct mechano-enzyme at focal adhesions, using molecular dynamics simulations and kinetic modelling. We show that anchorage of FAK to the membrane via PIP-2 is critical for this mechanical activation. Our results suggest similar mechanisms to be at play for other membrane-bound autoinhibited kinases.
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- Jing Zhou
- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leipzig, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Katzemich A, West RJH, Fukuzawa A, Sweeney ST, Gautel M, Sparrow J, Bullard B. Binding partners of the kinase domains in Drosophila obscurin and their effect on the structure of the flight muscle. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:3386-97. [PMID: 26251439 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.170639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Drosophila obscurin (Unc-89) is a titin-like protein in the M-line of the muscle sarcomere. Obscurin has two kinase domains near the C-terminus, both of which are predicted to be inactive. We have identified proteins binding to the kinase domains. Kinase domain 1 bound Bällchen (Ball, an active kinase), and both kinase domains 1 and 2 bound MASK (a 400-kDa protein with ankyrin repeats). Ball was present in the Z-disc and M-line of the indirect flight muscle (IFM) and was diffusely distributed in the sarcomere. MASK was present in both the M-line and the Z-disc. Reducing expression of Ball or MASK by siRNA resulted in abnormalities in the IFM, including missing M-lines and multiple Z-discs. Obscurin was still present, suggesting that the kinase domains act as a scaffold binding Ball and MASK. Unlike obscurin in vertebrate skeletal muscle, Drosophila obscurin is necessary for the correct assembly of the IFM sarcomere. We show that Ball and MASK act downstream of obscurin, and both are needed for development of a well defined M-line and Z-disc. The proteins have not previously been identified in Drosophila muscle.
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- Anja Katzemich
- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- King's College BHF Centre, Cardiovascular Division, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- King's College BHF Centre, Cardiovascular Division, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Kötter S, Andresen C, Krüger M. Titin: central player of hypertrophic signaling and sarcomeric protein quality control. Biol Chem 2015; 395:1341-52. [PMID: 25205716 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2014-0178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The giant sarcomeric protein titin has multiple important functions in striated muscle cells. Due to its gigantic size, its central position in the sarcomere and its elastic I-band domains, titin is a scaffold protein that is important for sarcomere assembly, and serves as a molecular spring that defines myofilament distensibility. This review focuses on the emerging role of titin in mechanosensing and hypertrophic signaling, and further highlights recent evidence that links titin to sarcomeric protein turnover.
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Yang C, Zhang X, Guo Y, Meng F, Sachs F, Guo J. Mechanical dynamics in live cells and fluorescence-based force/tension sensors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:1889-904. [PMID: 25958335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Three signaling systems play the fundamental roles in modulating cell activities: chemical, electrical, and mechanical. While the former two are well studied, the mechanical signaling system is still elusive because of the lack of methods to measure structural forces in real time at cellular and subcellular levels. Indeed, almost all biological processes are responsive to modulation by mechanical forces that trigger dispersive downstream electrical and biochemical pathways. Communication among the three systems is essential to make cells and tissues receptive to environmental changes. Cells have evolved many sophisticated mechanisms for the generation, perception and transduction of mechanical forces, including motor proteins and mechanosensors. In this review, we introduce some background information about mechanical dynamics in live cells, including the ubiquitous mechanical activity, various types of mechanical stimuli exerted on cells and the different mechanosensors. We also summarize recent results obtained using genetically encoded FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer)-based force/tension sensors; a new technique used to measure mechanical forces in structural proteins. The sensors have been incorporated into many specific structural proteins and have measured the force gradients in real time within live cells, tissues, and animals.
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- Chao Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, USA
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- Physiology and Biophysics Department, Center for Single Molecule Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Physiology and Biophysics Department, Center for Single Molecule Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.
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